The home was located near an area where police had been conducting searches for missing 11-month-old Lisa Irwin over the past few weeks, though Kansas City Police Department Capt. Steve Young said it was just outside of the scope where officers had done the most extensive searches.

Young cautioned people not to make too much of the latest discovery.

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"Based on our initial observations, it's nothing we're really going to get excited about," he said. "(The) initial observations were that the diapers had been there a very long time. It just doesn't fit. We're going to do everything we can to make sure that's not the case," he said.

He said he believed the diaper was what drew interest from the searchers.

"You go into abandoned houses, you are going to find things," Young said.

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Earlier Saturday, police revealed that they had taken into custody and questioned a homeless man who had been seen in the area. He said police have been wanting to speak to the man and officers were able to find him. Young said he was not certain what happened during the questioning, but stressed that the man's arrest was not in connection with the Irwin case.

"It was an outstanding felony arrest warrant, not at all related to this case, and we wanted to talk to him, no more or less than somebody who lived two houses down," Young said. "I want to stress, this guy is not a suspect."

Young said he would not release the man's name, primarily out of concern that the man would be unfairly associated with the missing baby.